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Denial of basic rights now an everyday affair

Democratic Lawyers' Association conference told

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The people are now suffering mainly due to violation of the constitution in governance and denial of their fundamental rights has become an everyday affair.
Senior lawyers expressed this view at the third national conference of Bangladesh Democratic Lawyers' Association held on the Supreme Court premises yesterday.
Addressing the conference, Supreme Court Bar Association President Rokanuddin Mahmud said the practices of the state's executive organ are far removed from constitutional provisions.
"We are passing thorough a critical juncture in national life. People are being dehumanised in police custody and in the open
streets as well," he said.
President of International Association of Democratic Lawyers Jitendra Sarma could not attend the conference because he was denied visa.
Leaders of Indian Bar Council from West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu attended it.
Former High Court judge Naimuddin Ahmed said the constitution is being flouted since 1972 and its mutilation began with 1st and 4th amendments.
He called upon the lawyers to play their due role in protecting the judiciary from corruption. The bar and the bench must unite to establish a corruption-free judiciary, he said.
Vice-president of the Bar Council
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Amir-ul-Islam said the executive organ of the state is now under the command of one person and a house, which means totalitarianism in governance.
He was critical of the government for seeking time on 18 occasions to implement the Supreme Court recommendations for separation of the judiciary from the executive.
The president of Law-Asia, a regional lawyers' group, said, "Separation and independence of the judiciary are two preconditions for rule of law. It's better not to have any judiciary at all than having a dependent one."
Dr Kamal Hossain said, "We have to churn out a regionalism in South Asia on the basis of amity and peaceful coexistence to achieve the democratic goals collectively in an age of globalisation."
The conference, chaired by Shafiq Ahmed, paid tributes to late justice Debesh Bhattacharya, senior lawyer Shawkat Ali Khan, advocates Mosharaf Hossain, Abdur Razzaq and Ismail Hossain Khan for their contribution to the struggle for protection of human rights.